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Hey everyone,
Im just finishing with some emergency hospital stays and some surgeries and Im finally able to start getting back into my routines after 2 months of recovery.
After 3 months of hospitals visits and surgery that took me outta work for a bit, Im left with a $20k bill even after insurance so obviously Im looking to save some coins.
I have 4 tanks to maintain. Only 1 is salt but they all use carbon. I buy carbon in bulk on the interwebs but I only use it in my 72gal because the mesh bags fit the filters perfectly. Theyre like 8.5" x 10" I think.
The reusable mesh bags are way to big for my other tanks being a 16gal biocube, a 10gal, and a 3.6 AIO with 3 chambers. All three have an area roughly 3.5" x 4" to use for filter media. Fluval/Aquaclear make the little premade disposable carbon packs that work perfectly for that size but cost like $4 ea and weigh around an oz. I get the bulk for around $10 for 5lbs. You do the math.
Ive thought about maybe turning pantyhose into small bags for this but theyd be more 1 time use bags. I really want it to be reusable. Ive even thought about 3d printing some custom fitting cartridges, which will eventually happen but thats not really cheaper right now as i dont have the printer.
I know Im not the only one who does this, so what do you use for a fine mesh reusable bag that small a size?
Im just finishing with some emergency hospital stays and some surgeries and Im finally able to start getting back into my routines after 2 months of recovery.
After 3 months of hospitals visits and surgery that took me outta work for a bit, Im left with a $20k bill even after insurance so obviously Im looking to save some coins.
I have 4 tanks to maintain. Only 1 is salt but they all use carbon. I buy carbon in bulk on the interwebs but I only use it in my 72gal because the mesh bags fit the filters perfectly. Theyre like 8.5" x 10" I think.
The reusable mesh bags are way to big for my other tanks being a 16gal biocube, a 10gal, and a 3.6 AIO with 3 chambers. All three have an area roughly 3.5" x 4" to use for filter media. Fluval/Aquaclear make the little premade disposable carbon packs that work perfectly for that size but cost like $4 ea and weigh around an oz. I get the bulk for around $10 for 5lbs. You do the math.
Ive thought about maybe turning pantyhose into small bags for this but theyd be more 1 time use bags. I really want it to be reusable. Ive even thought about 3d printing some custom fitting cartridges, which will eventually happen but thats not really cheaper right now as i dont have the printer.